Baggett’s latest piece of work, an aluminum and steel sculpture called Sky Drill, was installed at 10 a.m. Thursday, the third in a series of seven for the Art on the Llano public art project in front of the Home Depot by Spur 327 and West Loop 289.

The sculpture is an abstraction that honors West Texas’ rich energy history by referencing water-pumping windmills and oil digs, Baggett said.

“(The sculpture) suggests thinking of wind generators as a drill through the wind, much like a drill goes into the ground,” Baggett said.

The idea for the sculpture took two weeks to conceptualize and render, Baggett said, and it took two months to build.

Baggett comes from a family of working people. He said he grew up working with his hands, and when he went to college, his woodshop teacher pushed him in an artistic direction.

The two previous sculptures are Texas Landscape, by Eric McGehearty, located at the intersection of Quaker Avenue and South Loop 289; and Moon River, by Michelle O’Michael, located at South Loop 289 and Interstate 27.

Holly Givens, director of marketing and communications for Visit Lubbock, said the purpose of the project is to showcase the local artists in Lubbock. Visit Lubbock handles publicity for the Art on the Llano project.

“The art scene has really begun to book out,” Givens said. “We’re getting known for having some creative people here.”

Givens said the sculptures add another attractive feature to the city. She said when people visit Lubbock, they will be able to follow an itinerary in order to take a tour of all the sculptures on the Art of the Llano project.

“(The sculptures) enhance the landscape by making those West Texas sunsets even more beautiful,” she said. “We jumped right on board with helping to promote Lubbock.”

Baggett said he became involved with the Art on the Llano project when his work was noticed on a website by the project.

Baggett said he was asked if he could loan one of his pieces, but instead he offered to create a region-specific concept, and the group accepted the offer.

Though he was happy to be a part of the project, Baggett said he had to put it together extremely quickly.